diff --git a/exampleSite/config.toml b/exampleSite/config.toml
index dc3ef3c3..20769e78 100644
--- a/exampleSite/config.toml
+++ b/exampleSite/config.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ googleAnalytics = ""
   name = "Lena Smith"
   role = "Professor of Artificial Intelligence"
   organization = "Stanford University"
+  avatar = "portrait.jpg"
   email = "test@example.org"
   address = "Stanford AI Lab, Stanford University, California, 90210, USA."
   phone = "888 888 88 88"
diff --git a/layouts/partials/home_biography.html b/layouts/partials/home_biography.html
index fc0e3f67..09a5b7cd 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/home_biography.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/home_biography.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-4">
         <div id="profile">
 
-            <div class="portrait" itemprop="image"></div>
+            <div class="portrait" itemprop="image" style="background-image: url('{{ .Site.BaseURL }}img/{{ .Site.Params.avatar }}');"></div>
 
             <div class="portrait-title">
                 <h2 itemprop="name">{{ .Site.Params.name }}</h2>